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Pin comb

Ornamental combs were a popular Samoan hair decoration until the 20th century. In addition to finely carved combs made of wood, combs made of coconut leaf ribs tied together were used. The weaves, which were often set with glass beads, consisted of very fine plant fibres or hair. [UM]

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Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde
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Object type
Pin comb
Dimensions
Breite: 6.5 cm, Höhe: 25.5 cm
Material/Technique
Coconut leaf rib, Plant fibre , Hair
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
087653

Provenance and sources

when
before 1899

where
Samoa
who
Krämer, Augustin - Collectors

when
1913
Provenance
The object is part of a collection that the Linden-Museum received from the Royal Natural History Cabinet in Stuttgart in 1913. Augustin Krämer, who was the first director of the Linden-Museum from 1911 to 1915, acquired it during one of his stays on the Samoan islands. As a naval surgeon on the SMS Bussard stationed in Apia, Krämer initially stayed in Sāmoa from 1893 to 1895. A second voyage, during which he also visited Hawai'i and the Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), took him again to Sāmoa between 1897 and 1899. The date of the acquisition of the object and the exact circumstances of the acquisition are not yet known. [UM]

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